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La democracia inestable. Cotejo de la obra de Tocqueville
Suponemos que un texto impreso goza de estabilidad. Sin embargo, esto no es así. En el caso de la Democracia en América, el paso del manuscrito a la impresión introdujo ya errores, y las sucesivas ediciones, otros nuevos. Algunas de estas erratas se han perpetuado en las ediciones más conocidas y traducidas. La identificación de estos errores ayuda a restituir el texto original y a comprender mejor la obra.
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RESONANCE AND RENEWAL: HINDUSTANI CLASSICAL MUSIC AS AN INDIAN KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM FOR ENERGY, STABILITY, AND CLIMATE CONSCIOUSNESS
The contemporary global conversation on climate change, energy transitions, and ecological disruption is often dominated by technological fixes and policy responses. Yet, such approaches frequently overlook the cultural, spiritual, and emotional resources embedded in traditional knowledge systems. This study foregrounds Hindustani Classical Music (HCM) as an Indian knowledge framework that integrates energy regulation, psychological stability, and ecological sensitivity. Rooted in the ancient Indic understanding of nāda (primordial sound) as the creative principle of the cosmos, HCM embodies a philosophy in which sound is both a vehicle of consciousness and a medium of alignment with natural rhythms. The purpose of this research is to examine the epistemological and experiential connections between sound, human energy, and environmental balance through the lens of HCM. While biomedical studies have explored the therapeutic role of music, limited scholarship addresses how the raga system—organized by temporal and seasonal cycles—functions as a culturally grounded, energy-efficient response to climate-related stress and emotional instability. Adopting a qualitative approach, this paper draws on classical texts such as the Nātyaśāstra and Sangīta Ratnākara, ethnographic interviews with vocalists, instrumentalists, and listeners, as well as experiential analysis of selected ragas. These inquiries reveal that ragas aligned to specific times and seasons not only influence mood and stress regulation but also foster a sense of ecological attunement and energy conservation. Preliminary findings indicate that HCM provides a subtle but potent framework for cultivating resilience, equilibrium, and ecological mindfulness. By positioning music as more than artistic expression—rather as an ecological and energetic practice—this study highlights HCM’s potential as an overlooked yet essential contribution to sustainability discourses, climate adaptation strategies, and holistic well-being.
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The dawning moon of the mind : unlocking the pyramid texts
\"A stunning and original interpretation of an ancient system of poetic, religious, and philosophical thought\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Poetic License: Political Education in Hobbes’s Translation of Homer’s Iliad
Although it is largely overlooked, Thomas Hobbes spent the final years of his life translating Homer’s epic poetry. Despite an overwhelmingly popular extant English edition of the Iliad by George Chapman, Hobbes chose to proffer his own account, often taking great liberties with the source material. Juxtaposed against Chapman’s translation, we see that Hobbes implicitly critiques the political philosophy it commends—a philosophy which disrespects kingly power, misunderstands sovereign authority, and abdicates human virtue. Hobbes sees these elements as corrupting the poetic imagination of England, precipitating much of the unrest we see in the seventeenth century. In correcting and reframing these tales for a new world, Hobbes provides a moral scaffolding for his political philosophy through one of the most widely read classical texts of his time.
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Student commentary on Pausanias Book 1
\"Patrick Paul Hogan's A Student Commentary on Pausanias Book 1 introduces the first book of Pausanias' 'Description of Greece' to students of Classical Greek. Pausanias' second century CE work is the only surviving ancient description of the monuments and artwork of mainland Greece. Book 1 of the 'Description' covers Athens, its demes, and Megara--that is, Attica, the heart of the ancient Greek world. It offers not only a walking description of buildings, statues, and artwork by an ancient traveler but also insight into the mindset of an educated Greek of the Roman imperial age: his reaction to Roman domination and Classical Greek history and culture, his deeply felt religious beliefs, and his ideas regarding Hellenism and Hellenic identity. This textbook, the first on Pausanias aimed at students in almost a century, brings Pausanias back into the classroom for a new generation of readers. It is based on the Greek text edited by M.H. Rocha-Pereira and includes philological and historical commentary by Hogan. This volume elucidates difficult syntax and helps the reader with the immense number of names and places Pausanias mentions. It is suitable for students of Classical Greek at the graduate and undergraduate levels, whether Classical philologists or Classical archaeologists and art historians. Professors of archaeology will find this textbook an excellent starting point for any course on Pausanias and easily supplemented by their own knowledge of material remains and modern finds\" -- Provided by publisher.
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Business Ethics, Confucianism and the Different Faces of Ritual
Confucianism has attracted some attention in business ethics, in particular as a form of virtue ethics. This paper develops ideas about Confucianism in business ethics by extending discussion about Confucian ideas of ritual. Ritual has figured in literature about organisational culture, but Confucian accounts can offer additional ideas about developing ethically desirable organisational cultures. Confucian ritual practice has diverged from doctrine and from the classical emphasis on requirements for concern and respect as parts of ritual. Despite some differences of emphasis amongst early writers, classical texts like the Analects and Mencius allow for the importance of ritual as opportunity for interpersonal encounter. These are texts that bring out the flexibility and context-sensitivity of ritual, with associated implications about the need for care and attention to other individuals. They eschew ritual as unthinking repetition, in favour of ritual as meaningful expression. The mutual awareness such ritual can engender is an important part of human existence. Such ritual is a means to solving coordination problems through common knowledge, as opposed to unthinking routine. Undue routinisation can be one problem with organisational ritual, while another can be use of ritual as a means of oppressive control. In organisations, ritual should satisfy general requirements of concern and respect, and should maintain opportunities for mutual encounter. The difference between arrangements which do or do not offer such opportunities may suggest lines of development for virtue ethics in business.
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Evidence of the intentional use of black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) in the Roman Netherlands
The remains of black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) are relatively common at archaeological sites as it grows naturally around settlements in north-western Europe. All parts of the plant may be used as a medicine or a narcotic but its natural prevalence in built environments makes it difficult to interpret any intentionality behind its presence in the archaeological record. Evidence of the deliberate collection and use of black henbane seeds in the Roman Netherlands is presented here for the first time. Examination of Classical texts and interrogation of the archaeobotanical data allow the authors to place the discovery at Houten-Castellum of a hollowed bone containing hundreds of black henbane seeds within the context of the wider Roman understanding of the plant and its properties.
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Making Sense of the Odes
Prior to the emergence of the formalized commentarial traditions of the Early Imperial era (221 BCE–220 CE), the Odes seem typically to have been encountered “in motion” or “in use” as quoted speech in early historical and philosophical works. By studying the way the Odes are used in an understudied text—the Guoyu 國語 (Discourses of the states), probably compiled in the late Warring States era (ca. 475–221 BCE)—this article explores how historical speeches and anecdotes were used as an early form of commentary, variously contextualizing, explaining, paraphrasing, glossing, and interpreting the Odes. Before the invention of comprehensive, systematic commentaries associating each poem with a particular historical context and meaning, texts like the Guoyu provided early readers with guides to understanding and using classical texts, and many of their exegetical forms and strategies anticipate the commentarial traditions of the early empires. This article shows that historical speeches were one way in which early Chinese elites were trained in how to read and use the Odes appositely and sensitively, and that we can think of such speeches as a form of commentary.
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